civil law

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Noun

civil law (plural civil laws)

1. (law) Roman law based on the Corpus Juris Civilis; it contrasts with common law.
2. (law) The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community; it contrasts with criminal law, military law and ecclesiastical law.

Translations

legal system contrasting with common law

• Arabic: قانون مدني m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歐陸法系, 欧陆法系 (Ōulù fǎxì)

• Finnish: säädösoikeus (fi)
• French: droit civil (fr) m
• German: kontinentaleuropäischer Rechtskreis (de) m
• Hebrew: המשפט הקונטיננטלי (he), משפט אזרחי (he)
• Japanese: 大陸法 (ja) (たいりくほう, tairiku hō)
• Khmer: ច្បាប់រដ្ឋប្បវេណី (km) (jbab roth pak ve ni)

• Korean: 대륙법 (ko) (daeryukbeop) (大陸法 (ko))
• Lithuanian: kontinentinė teisė (lt)
• Portuguese: civil law (pt) f, direito romano-germânico (pt) m
• Russian: романо-германское право (ru) (románo-germánskoje právo) n
• Scots: ceevil law
• Serbo-Croatian: građansko pravo (sh) n
• Spanish: derecho continental (es) m
• Swedish: civilrätt (sv)
• Thai: กฎหมายแพ่ง (th) (gòd măai pâeng)

body of law dealing with private relations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民法 (cmn) (mínfǎ)

• Czech: občanské právo (cs) n
• Dutch: burgerlijk Wetboek (nl)
• Esperanto: civila kodo (eo)
• Finnish: siviilioikeus (fi)
• French: droit civil (fr) m, code civil (fr) m
• German: Zivilrecht (de) n, Privatrecht (de) n
• Italian: diritto civile (it) m

• Japanese: 民法 (ja) (みんぽう, mimpō)
• Korean: 민법 (ko) (minbeop) (民法 (ko))
• Lithuanian: civiline teise (lt)
• Norwegian: privatrecht (no)
• Polish: prawo cywilne (pl) n
• Portuguese: direito civil (pt) m
• Russian: гражданское право (ru) (graždánskoje právo) n
• Slovene: civilno pravo (sl) n
• Spanish: derecho civil (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: derecto civil
• Spanish: ley civil f